hey how about some pics of every body's flight box's. im thinking of building a small one to house radio battery's, charger glues, ect
ive seen some on line but i would like to see how every body else does theres home built jobbers or store bought.

I have a great set up I like, an old tackle box with plano 7100's that insert. But after reading several lipo issues I am going to find an old craftsman metal tool box with a drawer or two and make that mile lipo carrying case and charging station. May be a bit overkill but a house fire would suck bad.

hey how about some pics of every body's flight box's. im thinking of building a small one to house radio battery's, charger glues, ect
ive seen some on line but i would like to see how every body else does theres home built jobbers or store bought.

Yak flight,
Is there a Harbor Freight where you live? I've seen small top type tool boxes there quite reasonably priced. As a heavy equipment mechanic I have to say some of their products are pretty good

I carry 4 items with me. That way, I can arrange them in the trunk of the car or back seat to suit the plane situation of the day. Takes up far less space than trying to consolidate everything. 1). A plastic tool box where I throw in all of my most likely needed tools ( Pliers, screwdrivers, packing tape, CA, etc.) 2) A soft-sided AMA satchel bag where I keep my ICharger, PS and paraboard along with a variety of connectors, my DX9 manual just in case, cell checker, etc. 3). An Army surplus ammo container for my lipos to be used that day. Can't find a better storage device than this. and 4). My Turnigy case for the DX9 .

Each individual load is very light weight and compact.

If I'm going to the field with just one or two planes to fly a few sorties , then I just bring the lipos to be used specific to those planes . Usually 2 of each. I use a small plastic tackle box.

with regard to Lipo's in winter ...... I have a small Insulated bag that is designed to carry a beer pack ... it's about 10" long, 8" wide and 8" deep .... It is just enough to carry a reasonable days flight supply of LiPo's.
If you look at my Concorde videos ... you'll see it ... cost about $5 and slings over shoulder nicely.

Ah. The never-ending quest for that most elusive of unicorns... the perfect flight box.

Trust me; that puppy doesn't exist. I've been flying R/C models since 1987, and have been through at least a dozen (probably more) various examples. What I learned is what dahawk alluded to; a proper "flight box" is task-specific.

Basically, you must decide between two options:

1. A complete set-.up, that will enable you to make serious repairs and anticipate just about every possible contingency. Once you sit down and make that list of stuff, you'll go "Oh, my..."

2. A "minimalist" set-up, with some basic tools/accoutrements for minor/basic repairs and/or adjustments. Trust me, this the way to go. Any serious work is best handled back home in your work area. Major field repairs have way of going south in a hurry, with predictable results.

Anyway, your choice will dictate your container capacity. Having long ago settled on Option #2, when I began electrics last year I gave quite a bit of thought to this, and decided to try something unorthodox.

I use a medium-sized backpack. It hold a medium-sized worm box, suitably altered internally to fit my chosen tool load-out, several small containers of screws and pieces/parts, clean-up items such as a spray bottle and hand towels, other assorted modeling bric-a-brac, and my Hi-Tec X4 charger, cords, goodies, etc.

I have a small Halliburton aluminum camera case that holds my 12Z transmitter, and batteries are carried in Kevlar charging envelopes. This has really been working out well for me.

OP, you do know the Fifth Corrollary to Murphy's Law, yes?

"A bottle of CA, carried in a flight box, will always leak or otherwise get emptied all over the contents of said flight box... And just before you desperately need some glue."

lsp very good advice there i know what i want to take just need to figger out what to put it in. im not looking for a full repair for the planes just want to pack radio and some batterys and a few small tools,extra props, simple yet works good. and your right about that glue but have that part figgered out. just getting ideas about what everybody use's just something simple but hold it all. im the guy that packs theplane and out we go flying then come home after a few hrs. not all day long out there i have other things to do.

My Tx's - I carry two ... I gave up boxing and just lay on car seat now ...

Check Cabela's, or any big box sporting goods store. They sell molded plastic pistol cases, with open cell foam inserts; the "two pistol" size is perfect for carrying two transmitters. BTW, putting said insert in the freezer for a day, then using a sharp bread knife, guarantees clean cuts in that foam when you are shaping cut-outs for your stuff

Note I said : I gave up boxing my two Tx's ... meaning I HAVE a case that takes both ...

I just got fed up with putting and taking out of a case ... carrying a case that in fact was larger and more awkward than just putting the two Tx handles together to carry. With the case that was one hand occupied .. but without the case - carrying the TX's by their own handles allows me to carry another item with that hand as well....

One thing I did think about ... was whether a soft Tx case could be modified and fixed to lid of my LiPo boxes ... so I lift LiPo box and Tx is carried with it.
I had a similar idea on my Glow Flight box many years ago ... where a soft 'pouch' was attached to side of box.